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He might be. The public safety agencies proceed as they have with more awareness of alerts and more focus on integrating intel, getting compatible communication systems into place, and working on more in-mobile communication types (eg, compatible video). We are quite mindful that we have work to do in these areas and mindful that we must balance our needs for Homeland Defense with our freedoms. We are able and were working these problems before 9/11. A lot of progress is being made. The unserious bit is the continual antagonism of police and court systems. They are antagonists by design, so that isn't a big deal. Vocabulary standards to help these people interoperate (eg, LegalXML) are being developed, and those that help the Federals coordinate with state (eg, JusticeXML) are as well. Again, there is possibly more humor than anything in a thread about 'software fortresses' for business but as Michael mentions, there are good methodologies out there. Problem is, there are lots of human quirks as well that get institutionalized and woe unto the cherry designer that wades in unaware. len From: Klaus Backert [mailto:KlausBackert@c...] just late night idea: is this "self contained, mutually suspicious, marginally cooperating software fortresses" thing a marketing title playing with the 9/11 aware zeitgeist?
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